Healey Family History
Healey Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Healey (Lancashire North Yorkshire Yorkshire Northumberland) Heeley (Yorkshire) or Healaugh (North Yorkshire Yorkshire). The main origin in Yorkshire was Healey (in Shelley) but the Yorkshire name has also probably been confused with Haley . The placenames derive from Old English hēah ‘high’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Irish: variant of Healy .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022